Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott touched on a number of subjects in a short news conference at the MGM Grand Friday before the semifinal games of the Pac-12 Conference tournament.

-- Scott said talks with DirecTV remain at an impasse. The cable service provider and some cable companies do not carry the Pac-12 Networks, a source of frustration for many fans in Oregon and elsewhere.

"We are ready to make an agreement with DirecTV," Scott said. "We're eager to do so. We've offered them the same terms essentially as to the other 55 distributors that are carrying us. Unfortunately, they've refused to take it at this point in time. The offer is far. It's serious. And, again, it's consistent with what the other 55 are taking."

-- Scott said Friday's semifinals at the MGM Grand Garden Arena have sold out. Capacity for the arena as configured for the tournament is 13,151.

This is the first year of a three-agreement with MGM Grand. Scott said the conference is so encouraged it is considering making Las Vegas the long-term tournament site.

"I think it's far to say that Year One has exceeded our expectations in many
respects," Scott said. "We've also got a list of things we'll work hard
to improve upon. But a very good year, and I think there is a lot of
potential for this to go beyond three years."

-- Scott said he expects many of the Pac-12 football and basketball games that have been carried on other FOX channels to migrate to the new FOX all-sports channel, FOX Sports 1.

"We're excited about it," Scott said. "They're making a very big push."

-- Scott said the conference is considering further adjustments to the men's basketball regular season schedule.

All conference games were televised by somebody this year for the first time. To do it, the conference abandoned its traditional Thursday-Saturday game schedule, and featured games from Wednesday to Sunday.

He said it's possible that the Pac-12 will play some conference games on Monday and Tuesday next year.